by Alliance Française | Nov 12, 2016 | Blog
Yesterday was Remembrance day, and as a result I have been asked several times this week whether we wear poppies to celebrate fallen soldiers, and we don’t usually although some people wear cornflowers (les bleuets). However, the armistice is celebrated with a...
by Alliance Française | Nov 5, 2016 | Blog
Persépolis is a beautiful graphic novel (une BD, bande dessinée) written in French by Marjane Satrapi. In it she recalls her childhood in Iran around the revolution. Here is a brief introduction written by one of Audrey’s students, Paul: “Le film est basé...
by Alliance Française | Oct 29, 2016 | Blog
Does France celebrate Halloween? While the influence of American sitcoms and culture means that in some big cities some children might go from door to door to ask for sweets (des bonbons) there will be no tricks (pas de mauvais tours), and the majority of children...
by Alliance Française | Oct 15, 2016 | Blog
Some of our teachers in our French classes have been teaching their students about greetings in France. It’s a complicated business (c’est compliqué). One of the way we greet others is called “faire la bise” and it happens among men (although...
by Alliance Française | Oct 8, 2016 | Blog
Fancy a French thriller? At our next cineclub on Sunday 16th October at the Lansdown pub in Clifton, we will be watching Un homme idéal (a perfect man). A young writer (un jeune écrivain) is struggling to have his first book published. He finds the diary (le journal...
by Alliance Française | Oct 1, 2016 | Blog
Autumn has crept up on me (je ne l’ai pas vu venir), but spotting the first of the yellow leaves (les feuilles mortes) I’m not surprised its colours are the themes of so many songs and poems. One of the most famous ones is by Paul Verlaine, published in...
